Szymon Penski

Szymon Penski (1777-1845) was a colonel of France.

Biography
Szymon Penski was born in Lwow, Poland-Lithuania, and fought in the 1794 Kosciuszko Uprising against Russia. After the rebels' defeat, he fled to France, where he joined the Polish Legions. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and was made the colonel of a regiment of Polish troops during the Napoleonic Wars. After fighting at Smolensk in 1812 and the Battle of Denain on 10 February 1814, he retired from service and died in Les Invalides in 1845.